26 And 26A, Northbrook Street

26 and 26A Northbrook Street is an early to mid 18th century town house that was originally freestanding, as shown on a map from 1768, and is attributed to the style of James Clarke, a master builder from Newbury. The building has been altered in the mid 19th century and later. It features two storeys and an attic with a symmetrical three-bay facade, where the window arrangement is one window, two windows, and one window. The hipped tiled roof complements the red brick construction, which has pilasters between the bays supporting an entablature and a parapet that rises in the central bay, which has an open pediment. The windows were modified in the mid 19th century and now include architraved sashes with ears and keys, along with a round-arched attic window in the pediment. The ground floor has a modern shopfront. The rear of No 26 has altered fenestration, featuring an early 19th century ground floor bow window, while No 26A has an early 19th century range added at the rear. In the late 19th century, this building was part of the Newbury Brewery.